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January 1, 1876.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
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birds or portion—— \^ ®
for December " = cc
"The birds and="
bonnets made by ~ oo
As many of these ^ ^
species must be ve ~ +^
By" getting =~ C g
finches, and ton =-t Q £
adopted by the -
servant girls, -\*— fj
they have been= ^
modistes " for =—
will, in success
we trust, to re=~ c
head-gear. — m v co
In the mean'z: 2
beine the caBe j =_ ^
08
J? T «
J >
O
oi ine uluo a le:
"Sib, = cm
o
K, — IM ^
" Please c — \J
pleasure it gave i
o
= E
I — o
a Mink in tour Neighbour-
: Skating ! "
TERENCE AT WESTMINSTER.
On a night not long ere Christmas Day,
Doctor Punch, who is sapiens et vqfer,
Takes the book of the very first play
Of Publitjs Terentius Afer :
He looks at the Westminster boys,
Judges, big-wigs, and ladies in satin,
Then, ere fact all illusion destroys,
He buries his nose in the Latin.
Good stuff, 0 Terenti ! Although
It is not a critical slander
To say, that We very well know,
That you borrowed your plot from
Menander.
But are we not borrowers too ?
Why the critics are raving in chorus
That nought now-a-days can be new,
Since the Ancients were authors before
us.
Be it so. Let our wine and our wit
Be famed, if you will, for antiquity :
But why should that lessen a whit
Our enjoyment of Davus1 iniquity P
Not, though, while the best fun's astir,
Our neighbour, Sir Mark Megathe-
rium,
Says, " The play has no heroine, Sir !
Where the deuce have they hidden
Glyceriurn f "
" Play without' leading lady,'—too bad!"
Yerdant Greens in loud protest may
mutter,
Who for stage-sirens go to the bad,
On the shoal where short petticoats
flutter.
For their sake Mr. Punch must declare
That our stage would be often less
quizzible,
If the heroine, foolish as fair,
Could all through the play be invisible.
The Actress her "h's " who drops,
The Actress who shrieks in her passion,
The Actress who won't mind her stops,
The Actress who will set the fashion ;
Just think of them, playwright of nous.
And say is't not very much safer
To shut the sweet thing in her house,
As did Publius Terentius Afer ?
to put down the cruelty which has been extensively practised in this and
other districts, in wantonly killing, and (as I learn from the Christchurch
paper of the 1st inst.) actually torturing small birds. That three men should
be charged with plucking the wings and feathers of these most harmless of all
God's creatures while still alive seems incredible at this period of the nine-
teenth century; but as it appears that these feathers are intended for tbe
adornment of Ladies' attire, it is time that the sense of Englishwomen should
be quickened to the enormity of the crime which they are virtually encouraging.
I have already communicated with many of the leaders of fashion in this
country on the subject, but, in a truly sympathetic letter I received from
Madame Louise I am grieved to learn that, repugnant to womanly feeling
as this kind of decoration should be, there is still an increasing demand for it.
English Ladies will incur a serious responsibility, and gain an unenviable
reputation, unless they discard a practice attended with so much pain and
cruelty as this is now shown to be. u Burdett-Coutts."
to be
'little
.hions
n the
thers.
ogical
gold-
•esses
d by
after
nable
3 sex
ision,
aaner
l this
Far-
i new
it the
their
3n so
<d in de-
q etary
dth,
nse of
JUSTICE .TO A HEAD-MASTER.
On "Speech Day" at Highbury College the usual festivities
were observed in Highbury New Park in the presence of some two
hundred Ladies and Gentlemen.
" Bishop Claughton took the chair, and proceeded to the presentation of
the prizes, making some excellent remarks commendatory of Dfi. Kimmo and
his staff of masters, who had, during the past twenty years, imparted so sound
an education to so many pupils."
Here, now, was just the right man in the right place, saying just
the right thing. No one, perhaps, is better qualified to appreciate
the services of a Head-Master who has creditably conducted a Public
School for the last twenty years, than Bishop Claughton. Recently
published correspondence and remarks have probably impressed him
with a sense of such services, which, had he been endowed with it a
little sooner, would have enabled him to do justice to the Head-
r part | Master of Felstead School, Mr. Grignon.
283
— cm
_ T~
r
— o
05
Cl Ui iuuoi>
o
hoped, prove to = ( \ ^
birds or portion—— \^ ®
for December " = cc
"The birds and="
bonnets made by ~ oo
As many of these ^ ^
species must be ve ~ +^
By" getting =~ C g
finches, and ton =-t Q £
adopted by the -
servant girls, -\*— fj
they have been= ^
modistes " for =—
will, in success
we trust, to re=~ c
head-gear. — m v co
In the mean'z: 2
beine the caBe j =_ ^
08
J? T «
J >
O
oi ine uluo a le:
"Sib, = cm
o
K, — IM ^
" Please c — \J
pleasure it gave i
o
= E
I — o
a Mink in tour Neighbour-
: Skating ! "
TERENCE AT WESTMINSTER.
On a night not long ere Christmas Day,
Doctor Punch, who is sapiens et vqfer,
Takes the book of the very first play
Of Publitjs Terentius Afer :
He looks at the Westminster boys,
Judges, big-wigs, and ladies in satin,
Then, ere fact all illusion destroys,
He buries his nose in the Latin.
Good stuff, 0 Terenti ! Although
It is not a critical slander
To say, that We very well know,
That you borrowed your plot from
Menander.
But are we not borrowers too ?
Why the critics are raving in chorus
That nought now-a-days can be new,
Since the Ancients were authors before
us.
Be it so. Let our wine and our wit
Be famed, if you will, for antiquity :
But why should that lessen a whit
Our enjoyment of Davus1 iniquity P
Not, though, while the best fun's astir,
Our neighbour, Sir Mark Megathe-
rium,
Says, " The play has no heroine, Sir !
Where the deuce have they hidden
Glyceriurn f "
" Play without' leading lady,'—too bad!"
Yerdant Greens in loud protest may
mutter,
Who for stage-sirens go to the bad,
On the shoal where short petticoats
flutter.
For their sake Mr. Punch must declare
That our stage would be often less
quizzible,
If the heroine, foolish as fair,
Could all through the play be invisible.
The Actress her "h's " who drops,
The Actress who shrieks in her passion,
The Actress who won't mind her stops,
The Actress who will set the fashion ;
Just think of them, playwright of nous.
And say is't not very much safer
To shut the sweet thing in her house,
As did Publius Terentius Afer ?
to put down the cruelty which has been extensively practised in this and
other districts, in wantonly killing, and (as I learn from the Christchurch
paper of the 1st inst.) actually torturing small birds. That three men should
be charged with plucking the wings and feathers of these most harmless of all
God's creatures while still alive seems incredible at this period of the nine-
teenth century; but as it appears that these feathers are intended for tbe
adornment of Ladies' attire, it is time that the sense of Englishwomen should
be quickened to the enormity of the crime which they are virtually encouraging.
I have already communicated with many of the leaders of fashion in this
country on the subject, but, in a truly sympathetic letter I received from
Madame Louise I am grieved to learn that, repugnant to womanly feeling
as this kind of decoration should be, there is still an increasing demand for it.
English Ladies will incur a serious responsibility, and gain an unenviable
reputation, unless they discard a practice attended with so much pain and
cruelty as this is now shown to be. u Burdett-Coutts."
to be
'little
.hions
n the
thers.
ogical
gold-
•esses
d by
after
nable
3 sex
ision,
aaner
l this
Far-
i new
it the
their
3n so
<d in de-
q etary
dth,
nse of
JUSTICE .TO A HEAD-MASTER.
On "Speech Day" at Highbury College the usual festivities
were observed in Highbury New Park in the presence of some two
hundred Ladies and Gentlemen.
" Bishop Claughton took the chair, and proceeded to the presentation of
the prizes, making some excellent remarks commendatory of Dfi. Kimmo and
his staff of masters, who had, during the past twenty years, imparted so sound
an education to so many pupils."
Here, now, was just the right man in the right place, saying just
the right thing. No one, perhaps, is better qualified to appreciate
the services of a Head-Master who has creditably conducted a Public
School for the last twenty years, than Bishop Claughton. Recently
published correspondence and remarks have probably impressed him
with a sense of such services, which, had he been endowed with it a
little sooner, would have enabled him to do justice to the Head-
r part | Master of Felstead School, Mr. Grignon.